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Luca Davenport-Thomas   cc-by-sa-4.0

Daylithos dieteri is a species of segmented worms in the family Flabelligeridae. They are native to New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. They are upward conveyors. They are omnivores. Individuals can grow to 100 mm. They are facultatively mobile animals.

  • URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_UC
  • Definition: Upward conveyors are vertically oriented species that typically feed head-down at depth in the sediment. Vertically oriented head-down feeders actively select and ingest particles at the deeper sediments and egest these non-locally as faeces in the sediment surface
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Daylithos dieteri Salazar-Vallejo 2012. View this species on GBIF